KATHMANDU – The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) has begun.
The opposition parties, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), continue to protest demanding the formation of a high-level investigation committee regarding the ‘visit visa’ issue and the resignation of the Home Minister.
Both parties have boycotted today’s meeting. Speaking during the emergency hour in today’s meeting, RSP MP Shiva Nepali demanded an investigation into the human trafficking occurring in the name of visit visas, alleging that efforts are being made to suppress the voice of opposition parties in Parliament.
The RPP has reiterated its demand for the formation of a high-level parliamentary inquiry committee or a judicial commission today as well. In today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, there is an agenda for various ministers to respond and clarify to questions raised during the discussions on the Appropriation Bill.
The agenda includes responding to queries raised about the budgets for the upcoming fiscal year concerning the Ministry of Forests and Environment, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, the Ministry of Health and Population, the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, and the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation under the Appropriation Bill, 2082.
Likewise, the ministers will respond to the questions raised during discussions on various headings of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure, the Ministry of Women, Children and the Senior Citizens, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, the Ministry of Water Supply, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
